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第五章:倒空“贪婪”

  第五章:倒空 “ 贪 婪 ”         上一章我 们 借着倒空 “ 骄 傲 ” ,察看了那 颗 想要高 举 自己 过 于上帝、把自己的意思放在首位的心。 现 在第五章,我 们 要 进 一步察看 与 骄 傲一起深深 抓 住我 们 的 灵 魂,使我 们 不能以上帝 为满 足, 并 不 断 抓 取世界之物的 **“ 贪 婪 ”** 。我 们 必 须诚实 地站在上帝的 话语 面前,正 视 住在我 们 里面的 贪 婪, 并学 习 如何 将 它 倒空。 曾担任一家大型 综 合 医 院癌症中心主任的李熙大博士,曾 将 癌 细 胞的生理特点 与 属灵 原 则 作 过 比 较 。正常 细 胞 会 按照一定的秩序生 长 和死亡。然而, 当 基因 发 生 异 常 变 化 时 ,就可能出 现 不 会 正常死亡、反而不 断 增生的 异 常 细 胞, 这 就是癌 细 胞。 癌 细 胞 真 正可怕之 处 ,在于 它 为 了不 断 扩 大和生 长 ,甚至 会 抢夺 正常 细 胞所需要的 宝 贵养 分。 从属灵 的角度 来 看, 这 使我 们 想到 贪 婪:不 断 想要 拥 有更多,最 终 甚至 会 破坏其他事物。 雅各 书 1 章 15 节 宣告: “ 私欲 既 怀 了胎,就生出罪 来 ;罪 既 长 成, 就生出死 来 。 ” 我 们 必 须诚实认识 到, 圣 经 所警告的 贪 婪具有一 种 上 瘾 般的性 质 —— 无 论拥 有多少世上的 财 富,都无法 真 正 满 足 它 。   贪 婪使人无法以上帝已 经赐 下的恩典 为满 足 民 数 记 11 章 让 我 们 看 见 旷 野中的以色列人。他 们没 有 为从 天而降的 吗哪 感恩,反而陷入无止境的欲望。 受到混 杂 在他 们 中 间 之人的影 响 ,他 们开 始 贪恋 肉食, 并 哭喊着要求摩西 给 他 们 肉吃。 贪 婪也 会 这样 借着世俗 风气 进 入信徒 内 心。 他 们 不再 满 足于上帝每天 赐 下的 吗哪 ,甚至 开 始 怀 念曾 经 作奴隶的埃及,把 鱼 、 黄 瓜、西瓜、韭菜、葱和蒜 视为过 去的 “ 美好生活 ” 。 圣 经 把 这种轻 看救恩、向往世界丰盛和欲望的 态 度,看作 对 住在...

[Book sharing] The Community of Faith, Love, Hope that was Built by God's Grace (1 Thessalonians)

  I want to share my book, "The Community of Faith, Love, Hope that was Built by God's Grace" (1 Thessalonians)    If you want it, let me know your email address.   Then I will send it to you. In Him, James ---------------- Table of Contents   Introduction                                                                                                                                                         When I remember and pray  (1:1-3)                 ...

Conclusion (1 Thessalonians)

Conclusion (1 Thessalonians)           The grace of God is with the Lord-centered community church that the Lord is building (1 Thess. 1:1; 5:28). When Apostle Paul started writing the letter to the Thessalonian church saints, he said “Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you” (1:1). Also at the end of the letter, he wrote to them “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you” (5:28). Paul, who began the letter with grace and ended the letter with grace, prayed that the God’s grace always be with the Thessalonian church saints because the Thessalonian church was found by the grace of God. Here, the Thessalonian church was found by the grace of God means that the Thessalonians, who were serving idols (1:9) were chosen by God in love (v. 4) and the gospel came to them with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (v. 5) so that they turned to God from idols to se...

Introduction (The Book of 1 Thessalonians)

  Introduction                What is a community?  How should the body of the Lord be established as the Lord's community?  How should the Lord's church and the Lord-centered community be?   I personally became interested in community by studying Paul theology at Westminster Theological Seminary.  So, as I was studying theology, I was studying intermittently by buying books and reading books about church and community.  I did so because I wanted to learn.  I really wanted to know what the Bible says about the true church and community.  The reason I wanted to know and learn about the church was because I was kept on hearing the negative news about the church.  As I kept hearing the negative news about the church, I had been in a lot of trouble and asked myself these kinds of questions: ‘Certainly what the Bible says about the church or community is not like this,...